Secure the iOS Revolution With Your Existing SonicWALL Solution

The iOS revolution is upon us - smartphones and tablets are everywhere. Notably, iOS devices such as Apple® iPads® and iPhones® have emerged as a preferred mobile platform. For the user, flexibility, quality and ease-of-use is unmatched. But for IT professionals, security and management is problematic. Unmanaged devices connecting to network resources through unsecured hotspots are a recipe for disaster. So if your customers aren’t scanning all inbound traffic, network integrity and data security can be seriously compromised.

The SonicWALL Mobile Connect™ unified client app for Apple iOS provides Apple iPad and iPhone users full access to networked resources over encrypted SSL VPN connections. The result is high security and data integrity for users outside and inside the network – anytime, anywhere. Available now via the App Store, SonicWALL Mobile Connect provides secure SSL VPN connections to SonicWALL Aventail® E-Class Secure Remote Access (SRA), SRA for SMB or SonicWALL Firewall appliances.

Offering a single unified SSL VPN client and encrypted traffic whenever users attempt to access protected internal resources, Mobile Connect runs on iOS 4.2 and higher and is available for free from the Apple App Store.

Further capabilities are added when Mobile Connect users communicate through a SonicWALL firewall, as administrators can enable a VPN to allow users to have the same level of protection as if they were on the internal network.

Additionally, network administrators can utilise SonicWALL application intelligence and control functionality to identify which iOS apps should receive critical bandwidth.

Patrick Sweeney, vice-president of product management and corporate marketing at SonicWALL, said: “Apple iPads and iPhones have become the overwhelming choice for employees who demand anytime anywhere productivity.

“Our Mobile Connect App allows companies to extend their security policy to meet the stringent needs of enterprise, government and education institutions, while employees travel outside of the protected perimeter.”